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Ms. Valdivia from Baton Rouge, LA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Calculators Please!

My students need 42 scientific calculators.

  • $384 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

I want to give my students the resources to reach their highest potential! I teach sixth and seventh grade science and social studies at an under served, high need community in Louisiana. I teach at a charter school whose aim is to create emerging leaders out of our students. Our school days are rigorous. We are on an extended day and an extended school year because we are committed to our students. Our students are brilliant and they deserve the resources to prove it.

I am a new teacher teaching at a school with limited resources. For many of my students buying a calculator would cause hardship, as many of them experience difficulties obtaining basic school supplies.

I need 42 scientific calculators to help my students perform higher level math and science functions. I assign homework with this same level of mathematical rigor. It would be very beneficial to my students if I had calculators that I could check out to them for the year. This way, socioeconomic status would not be a factor in my students' success.

Your help will give my students an opportunity to master higher level content. You will be supplying them with a resource that they would not be able to obtain otherwise. You will also help a first year teacher whose sole aim is the academic success of her students.

Ms. Valdivia
Grades 6-8
  • Children's Charter School
  • Baton Rouge, LA
    • Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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    At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

    This project will reach 42 students.

    6 donors have given to this project.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
SHARP 10-DIGIT SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR -- Sharp Scientific Calculators; EL-501WBBL, 10-Digit • Quill $6.29 42 $264.18

Materials cost

$264.18

Vendor shipping charges

 $26.42

Sales tax

 $10.57

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$314.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$68.96

Total project goal

$383.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $383.09

6 Donors

-$383.09

Donations toward project cost

-$314.13

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$68.96

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